Cool cats are coming to conference!

AVSPNI Small Animal Spring Congress (May 12th & 13th) for vets and vet nurses is going to be the BEST yet! 
Registration is NOW OPEN.  To get your registration form, click HERE!
To view the CALM PET, HEALTHY PET brochure for information on all speakers and lecture programme, click HERE!

‘What is Obesity, a look at the science’ is our topic for our March small animal meeting kindly sponsored by Royal Canin.

The speaker for the evening will be Louise Brennan who has been a specialist member of Royal Canin’s dedicated weight management team since 2014 and has spoken to veterinary organisations on behalf of Royal Canin on the epidemic of canine and feline obesity.

For more information and how to register Click Here!

This year’s Spring Conference will be held once more in the Armagh City Hotel.  With a packed programme of Vet and Vet Nurse CPD and the legendary Friday night party night, this is set to be one of the best conferences to date! 

Our speakers have been hand-picked to deliver top quality CPD for vets & vet nurses with lectures by Marie Holowaychuk, Ross Bond, Claire Defries and Sarah Caney. 

Our theme for this year is CALM VET, HEALTHY PET focusing on Dermatology, Feline Medicine & Critical Care Without Stress.  So join us at Armagh to increase your knowledge, meet with old friends, make new ones and party the Friday night away with our ‘Black and White’ party night.  Dress code: Monochrome! 

For more information on lecture topics and our speakers, click HERE!

For a registration form, click HERE!

On a (very) windy day in Omagh, 120 practitioners attended the AVSPNI annual Omagh day, held at the AFBI labs.  A steady stream of people arrived for the 2pm kick off which was opened by the AVSPNI president Cahir King who welcomed our guests and practitioners.  This was followed by the Chief Executive Officer of AFBI, Sinclair Mayne who spoke before Alan Hartley started off the presentations.

Our first speaker, Alan Hartley spoke on ‘keyhole/spay surgery’ followed by John Haughey whose talk was titled ‘AI Mares’.  A well deserved cup of tea in the break gave our vets a chance to catch up and after the break we heard from our sponsor for the day, MSD.

Our penultimate speaker Melanie Spahn gave a presentation on ‘Enucleations in cows’ and our last (but not least) speaker of the day was Paul Crawford whose talk was titled ‘Save money and the environment – Anaesthesia’.  With a big sigh of relief from 4 our practitioners, our day at the lab had ended and all members headed to the Silverbirch hotel for AVSPNI annual AGM and three course meal.

Chris Tufnell, the RCVS president kindly judged the 4 presentations by our practitioners in the lab and gave a short talk on each at the Silverbirch before announcing the winner of the Frank Mullen Memorial trophy as Paul Crawford who spoke on Anaesthesia.

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Omagh day is not your average CPD day!  Held in the post-mortem laboratory at AFBI in January every year, its ever increasing popularity is due to the unique ‘competition’ of four local practitioners talking on their subject of choice and traditionally judged by the President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons who, this year, will be Dr Christopher Tufnell (RCVS).  The beautiful Frank Mullan trophy will be presented to the chosen winner and this years subjects include:  Keyhole spay/surgery, AI Mares, Enucleations in cows and saving money and the environment – Anaesthesia.

The talks will be followed by the AVSPNI AGM (members only) and three course dinner at the Silverbirch Hotel. 

Registrations are open NOW and due to the popularity of this event it is advised to book your place quickly.  Last registrations will be taken on the 9th January 2017. 

For more information and how to register Click here!

Our speaker Rick Sanchez – Lecturer in Veterinary Ophthalmology will be taking an evening meeting and full day of practical CPD at Greenmount Campus.  There are only 6 places remaining for the full day so be sure to get your place booked asap if you wish to attend. 

The full day practical CPD will include: 
Ophthalmic examination – Interpreting the fundus
Practical session: Ophthalmic examination hands-on
A colour guide to the cornea
Non-ulcerative diseases of the cornea
Understanding the glaucoma’s
Lens diseases

For more information of the programme and how to book Click Here!

Our speaker Rick Sanchez – Lecturer in Veterinary Ophthalmology will be taking an evening meeting and full day of practical CPD at Greenmount Campus.  There are only 6 places remaining for the full day so be sure to get your place booked asap if you wish to attend. 

The full day practical CPD will include: 
Ophthalmic examination – Interpreting the fundus
Practical session: Ophthalmic examination hands-on
A colour guide to the cornea
Non-ulcerative diseases of the cornea
Understanding the glaucoma’s
Lens diseases

For more information of the programme and how to book Click Here!

This year at our Autumn conference we have at least 6 companies who have never exhibited with us before! If you have ever been to conference before you will know that are trade area is always fantastic with a huge variety of companies eager to chat to vets. The companies exhibiting with us for the first time this year are Agria (Pet Insurance), Allflex UK (Group) Ltd. (livestock identification products), Nettex (Nettex has been developing innovative and technological solutions for nutrition and animal husbandry since 1983), Krka (Krka’s basic line of business is the production and sale of prescription pharmaceuticals, non-prescription products and animal health products), Labstock Microservices (provide an extensive range of products for all species and specialise in Artificial Insemination & Embyro Transfer), Lintbells (making premium quality, natural supplements since 2006).

To get a chance to meet and talk face to face with the representatives of our new companies and many more come to AVSPNI Autumn conference 14-16th October 2016!

To look at our full conference brochure Click Here! and to register online Click Here!

Employment Law by Louise Simpson  Proactively help your business with our first class business lectures at conference!  We have Employment law lectures and Employment issues clinic which is a first at conference by Louise Simpson.  Louise has more than 20 years of HR consultancy experience working at senior levels of businesses in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. This experience has proved invaluable when advising clients on ensuring legislative compliance and minimising the exposure to litigation whilst, crucially, understanding commercial realities.

Marketing your farm skills and services to generate work and revenue by Peter Edmondson  If you want to know how to market your practice to farmers and get more work in doing so then Peter Edmondson will be lecturing on this on Sunday morning at conference.  Why not come and see how to make your veterinary practice more productive and get some helpful advice and tips!  Peter is a dairy vet who runs Udderwise, a consultancy specialising in mastitis and milk quality offering practical solutions to farmers, vets and the dairy industry

Communication that works!  Optimise the reach of smart marketing and maximise your impact on digital media with Steve Pollard & Claire McNamee, Ulster University Business School who will be taking a lecture on the best way to communicate for your business.  We are running this lecture twice to ensure everyone gets to hear it so if you would like to secure your place make sure you book at time of conference booking. 

To book your place at conference with our online registration Click Here!

To see our full brochure with full information on all conference lectures Click Here!